figurines in ivory

Predynastic

KMKG - MRAH

This group of figurines in ivory, which was part of the von Bissing collection and then of the Lunsingh Scheuleer collection, is composed of a herd of seven donkeys. Of miniscule dimensions, they vary from three to four centimetres. The legs of the animals are badly damaged. The figurine depicting the donkey-driver of the herd doesn't exist anymore. It is possible that the objects come from a tomb of the Predynastic Period.
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